Iraq hangs 36 over Islamic State killings

Iraq has executed 36 men convicted of taking part in the IS group’s massacre of hundreds of soldiers in 2014, officials said.

The men were hanged at the Nasiriyah prison in southern Iraq, according to provincial Governor Yahya al-Nasiri.

A Justice Ministry official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorised to brief reporters, confirmed the executions.